Adam is working on his stuttering in Middle School. He wrote this poem about stuttering as an assignment.

Stuttering has its own evil twin,
and nervousness is one twin's snack.
The times he is hungry, it's harder to win,
harder to contain in a sack.

But the good twin is good.
He will be a bit tough.
When you're calm, it is easy,
A bit nervous, he's rough.

And it frustrates me
when I try and try
but the evil twin will never let me.
It's blocked and sometimes who knows why.

Out there are a few ways to capture the twin
using hammers and cages and keys
like stretching and canceling and easy onset
these hammers are called strategies.

It overjoys me when I do get it right.
When I don't, it just makes me try more
'cause stuttering is beatable, it's possible to win
and when I do, my spirits just soar.

added with permission May 28, 2003